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MAY 3, 2022

We’re equipping them with the tools and resources so that they can operate more efficiently and empower themselves economically.”. Winters explained that the driver for the new funding was technology and product development on the marketplace, marketing and stylist acquisition. To date, Upgrade has raised $3 million.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. Amazon's acquisition of Selz doesn't represent a dramatic change to its business model. Shopify has even partnered with TikTok to facilitate in-app sales for small businesses.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

The company said the funds will go towards the acquisition and collection of data, and also go to expand its artificial intelligence search, monitoring, and natural language processing capabilities. The company said it is developing machine learning algorithms which help users determine who they can trust in real time.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Costa Mesa-based Connectifier , the recruiting tools developer led by John Jersin, said Monday that it will be making some significant changes to its tool, after its acquisition by LinkedIn in February. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina , a startup which develops machine learning and artificial intelligence software for predicting customer lifetime value (CLV) of a company's customer, said it has launched a new tool that it is offering up to small to middle-market e-commerce businesses. According to the company, its new service, Retina Go!

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence software, said it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from private equity firm Apis Capital Management. According to Veritone, Apis has offered to acquire all of its outstanding shares for $10.26 per share in cash.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Among the new features of the social promotion tool released by Los Angeles-based PromoJam earlier this week: a new link to demographic data from Esri in it analytics. The tool is one of the first publicly shown efforts of a new push by Redland-based GIS leader Esri to work with startups and other technology companies.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Here’s what the podcast acquisitions mean for Spotify, for the entire podcast industry, and for all the tiny underdog podcasters out there. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Impact, which provides affiliate partnership tracking and automation tools, said this week that it has acquired Trackonomics Ltd, a provider of supply-side affiliate e-commerce tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com announced Thursday that it will be offering up a free, texting tool available to car dealers, to help those dealers communicate with customers via text messaging. Edmunds.com says it has found that at least one third of car shoppers now prefer communications via text message--rather than phone or email.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, and you’ll hear the same thing: customer acquisition (CAC) is getting harder and more expensive.

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MAY 20, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Docupace said it will use the acquisition to expand its back office platform. The company said it will integrate jaccomo's capabilities with the Docupace's automation, workflow and digital processing tools. Docupace is led by CEO David Knoch.

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JULY 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint Systems , the web monitoring startup headed by former DoubleClick exec Mehdi Daoudi, has released a new beta of a real-user monitoring tool. The firm did not release pricing on the new tool. Daoudi was previously in charge of web monitoring at DoubleClick, before its acquisition by Google.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Talati pointed to Millennium Space System’s acquisition by Boeing and the contract that Hermeus received to design a hypersonic Air Force 1 jet. Already, big aerospace, defense, and auto manufacturers are acquiring or partnering with newer manufacturing startups to take advantage of the expertise and flexibility these companies offer.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations.

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JULY 27, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. OpenNMS is a developer of open soure, network monitoring tools; NantHealth explained the acquisition will expand and diversify its software portfolio and service offering. NantHealth said that OpenNMS will operate as a subsidiary of NantHealth.

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MAY 25, 2021

Financial terms oft he acquisition were not announced. According to BEGiN, the acquisition will help it in fulfilling its vision to "create the most comprehensive program in early learning." Pasadena-based codeSpark, which develops applications which help children learn how to code software, has been acquired by New York-based BEGiN.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Beverly Hills-based Livestream , a provider of online live video broadcasting tools, has been acquired by online video service Vimeo , Vimeo announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vimeo is owned by IAC. Livestream had raised around $14.7M and others.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company offers up office management, route optimiation, payment processing, digital sales and marketing, and other tools. FieldRoutes was previously known as PestRoutes and Lobster Marketing. FieldRoutes is based in McKinney, Texas.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 10, 2022

Amazon could substantially expand their dominance over the ecommerce market, as the Seattle-based tech giant has announced the acquisition of Veeqo, a UK-based ecommerce startup. Everyone knows that Amazon has been pretty acquisition happy over the last few years. Amazon Acquires Veeqo. What does this mean for the ecommerce market?

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MAY 31, 2019

the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition by Foursquare came after it raised a new $150M investment from the Raine Group. Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. ServiceNow said it expects to complete the acquisition by the end of Q1. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online , the firm behind the popular GoToMeeting software, said today that it has acquired Paglo Labs , a developer of IT search and management tools, and launched its own IT management platform called GoToManage. Financial terms of the acquisition, which occurred earlier this year, was not disclosed.

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JULY 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based Verifi , a developer of financial software tools used to reduce chargebacks for merchants, has been acquired by Visa , in order to boost Visa's tools for reducing chargebacks. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Deductive was founded by Michael Collette and Tom Weiss, both of wom will join MarketCast as part of the acquisition. According to MarketCast, Deductive--formerly known as Dativa--will help expand its data science services for media and entertainment companies and brands.

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JULY 20, 2020

Perforce , a developer of tools used for source code control and product development management, which is backed by Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners, has acquired Methodics , a developer of product lifecycle management software for the semiconductor industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

OpenCue doesn’t handle any of the actual rendering processes but it provides all the tools to break down those different steps and then schedule and manage the different rendering jobs across large rendering farms, both local and in the cloud. ” It’s worth noting that this isn’t Sony’s for foray into open source.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Display Social did not provide details on the financial aspects of the two acquisitions. The company said it will focus on "creative tools covering social, gaming, virtual and remote production, NFT minting, and metaverse creation." The combined company will be led by Display Co-Founder and CEO John Acunto.

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JULY 13, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to the companies, SET sells battery-operated, cellular endpoint transceivers and valves, installation tools, LTE network infrastructure, and software for meter and customer management.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

WiseBanyon provides personal finance and investment management tools and its own technology platform, and was based in Las Vegas. Axos Financial said the acquisition would be immaterial to its finances. According to Axos Financial, WiseBanyan serves approxiamtely 24,000 clients with $150M in assets under management.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Santa Monica-based Retina , a startup developing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics tools, is integrating its software into the popular Shopify e-commerce platform, the company is announcing this morning.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Emergent Microgrid , a developer of community microgrids in Santa Barbara and Montecito, in an apparent acquisition deal with smart home battery manufacturer Electriq Power. Electriq Powersaid it will incorporate Emergent's software tools into its capabilities.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Simplext develops a tool which lets shoppers text car dealerships, enabling a direct discussion with a sales or service representative. Fox Dealer also said that, separately, it has partnered with LetzChat, a text-and-chat platform which provides real time translation.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Financial details of those acquisition were not announced by the company. According to OpenX, it plans to integrate Mezzobit and PubNation's tools into its platform.

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